A combination of operations may be specified by adding functional values. For example, CVS(A$,5) strips leading spaces and converts to upper case. CVS(A$,5) is equivalent to CVS(A$,1+4), which is equivalent to CVS(CVS(A$,1),4). When multiple operations are combined in a single CVS() function, they are guaranteed to be applied in ascending numeric order. For example, CVS(A$,1+16+32) first strips leading spaces, then converts non-printable characters to spaces, and finally replaces multiple spaces with a single space. To apply multiple options in a different order, execute the CVS() in a nested manner as shown in the above example.